The U.S. wants to deepen its participation in ensuring the implementation of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine together with the EU countries and the countries " channel four ", said the assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland.

"The U.S. deepen their participation in ensuring the implementation of the Minsk agreements, together with our European partners, the European Union, and countries "channel four" - said Nuland on the first day of the weekend at a press conference after talks with the head of the MIA of Ukraine Arsen Avakov.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read

the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict. It is envisaged that they will start operating already in the middle of may.

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